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Flash

The 3-4 page FLASH is published daily from Tuesday to Friday and is circulated by e-mail. The report gives daily analyses, daily prices, forecasts and opinion on the pertinent market topics of today and tomorrow. It serves the world’s oilseed, oil and feed industries and other market participants with reliable and unbiased information.

SAMPLE

Thursday April 25

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Dryness and soil moisture shortages in the Canadian Prairies and parts of Australia (primarily Western Australia) ahead of this year’s spring planting campaign is reason for concern.…

  • Palm oil has improved its competitiveness following the sharp decline in prices by US-$ 70-95 since April 4. We expect world production to rise above a year earlier in April/June, following a year-on-year decline in Jan/March...

  • Production of biodiesel increased steeply by 36% on the year to 1.75 Mn T in Jan/March 2024. Demand for soya oil as a feedstock increased by even 50%, due to insufficient supplies of other oils & fats ...

  • In Jan/March 2024 world exports of soya meal were boosted by 3.2 Mn T from a year earlier to a record 17.7 Mn T. The biggest increases were registered in ...

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Wednesday April 24

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • World exports of sunflower oil have peaked and have started to decline seasonally and will be falling below the year-ago level from June onward, which has already started to be reflected in a strengthening of sun oil prices relative to soya oil and palm oil with details in the FLASH report...

  • In Brazil export activity is running full steam at the moment, with soybeans and soya meal the key commodities, while the USA is losing market share...

  • The prospective tightening of EU rapeseed supplies shaping up in 2024/25 is not yet reflected in new-crop prices, while Canadian canola futures are appreciating on weather and crop concern..

  • On the European market, soya oil prices have regained competitiveness in recent weeks. In the FLASH we give an update on vegetable oil imports and exports..

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Tuesday April 23

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • We estimate total Chinese soybean imports at 47.4 Mn T in Oct/March 2023/24, which is 5.9 Mn T above the reported imports. In the FLASH we explain why…

  • Brazilian soybean crushings and exports exceeding expectations in April…

  • Chinese imports of vegetable oils as well as exports of biodiesel and UCO lower than expected in March…

  • In Argentina crushings of soybeans as well as exports of soya oil and meal increased sharply in March…

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Thursday April 18

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Increased farmer selling in Brazil, the weakness in the real and increased Brazilian export sales added to the bearish momentum this week.…

  • EU import requirements of rapeseed & canola are set to rise in 2024/25 to offset sharply reduced supplies at the start of the season....We have lowered our EU rapeseed crop estimate to 18.3 Mn T in 2024...More details in the FLASH...

  • Production of soybeans has partly increased significantly in some African countries in recent years.…Combined soybean exports of key African countries reached a record 1.8–1.9 Mn T in Jan/Dec 2023 according to our estimates, reflecting more than a doubling within two years...

  • This season’s Ukrainian exports of sunflower oil and meal are seen rising to 6.0 and 4.5 Mn T in Oct/Sept 2022/23.... Rapeseed crushings are seen quadrupling to 1.0 Mn T in July/June 2023/24, boosting exports of rapeseed oil and meal...

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